Vera feels she doesn’t have a place in her house after baby Ruthie comes. But Grandfather’s plan of planting beans gave Vera a special place all through the spring, summer, and authmn. Then Vera sees how Ruthie has grown and thinks maybe it isn’t so bad to have a little sister.

Activities

Draw a line down a sheet of paper to make two columns. In the first column list several reasons why Vera hates her baby sister. In the second column put how each of these has changed by the autumn.

Look at the Illustrations. Estimate the length of the sticks Vera and Grandfater gathered. Do you see another way a stick like this is used?